An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic self-motivated individual to join our busy Corporate and Health Records Department at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust (LTHT).

This is an exciting time to join the Corporate and Health Records Department as we are transitioning from a paper-led service to an electronic digital service.

In this role you will support the Health and Corporate Records service across the Trust, covering all five sites. You will be responsible for the operational management of services and teams, ensuring this runs in a safe, effective, and efficient way. You will provide advice to departments within the Trust regarding corporate records management, in accordance with current legislation and local/national guidance to support implementation of continuous quality improvements.

You will work closely with the Trusts electronic patient record (EPR) team to assist in the management of the transition from paper to electronic records.

Are you ready to use your digital information management skills in a way that makes a positive impact on peoples lives, supporting the utilisation of electronic records for clinicians enabling them to provide optimal patient care, if so this role is for you.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in managing the day-to-day organisation and operations of the health records library and teams across the Trust.

You will take the lead in the recruitment, development, and motivation of medical records staff to ensure they are equipped to undertake their roles and provide an effective and efficient service.

You will develop effective and valued relationships with colleagues across the Trust to actively promote developments and improvements in ways of working, to ensure the delivery of high-quality record keeping in support of patient care, using a safe, effective and efficient service delivery approach.

You will ensure that all records are managed in line with relevant legislation, maintaining a high standard of data security, confidentiality, availability, and accuracy in accordance with national and local standards.

You will demonstrate operational management experience and skills, be proactive and organised with great attention to detail and have strong communication skills to enable you to liaise with both internal and external stakeholders in a professional manor. You will require the ability to manage large diverse teams in a busy environment leading by example and inspiring best practice whilst supporting your team to provide excellent care in line with the Leeds Way Values.

About us

The Department and Team are friendly, supportive, and work collaboratively to achieve the Departments goals, promoting best practice in relation to all patient related information whether in paper or electronic format. They are proactive in the development of services in line with the trust and department strategy.

We are highly motivated due to the demands on the service. We work closely in teams in the service and support users around the Trust with the development and implementation of the health and corporate records management strategy, considering storage requirements for the future and the moving towards electronic record keeping.

Wed love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role you will support the Health and Corporate Records service across the Trust, covering all five sites. You will be responsible for the operational management of services and teams, ensuring this runs in a safe, effective, and efficient way. You will provide advice to departments within the Trust regarding corporate records management, in accordance with current legislation and local/national guidance to support implementation of continuous quality improvements.

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Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, presentation, training and organisational skills.
• Problem solving, negotiating and decision making abilities.
• Ability to analyse and resolve complex issues.
• Leadership, mentoring and facilitator skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to think creatively
• Ability to relate and influence affectively both internal and external partners.
• Effective performance management
• Development of staff
• Prioritising workload
• Delivering targets
• Formulating strategies and protocols
• Collecting and analysing of data and production of comprehensive reports.
• Planning and managing regular audits.
• Experience of reviewing service requirements.

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Practical experience of leading and motivating a large team of staff.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Must be able to travel between sites to provide cross cover on a city wide basis.

Qualifications

Essential

• Several years practical experience in the field of Medical Records, with specialist knowledge of record keeping and library management.
• Significant experience in a healthcare environment.

Desirable

• Previous Management within a Medical Records Department

Experience

Essential

• Several years practical experience in the field of Medical Records, with specialist knowledge of record keeping and library management.
• Significant experience in a healthcare environment.

Desirable

• Previous Management within a Medical Records Department

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

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